Pennsylvania House Bill 936 Caps Subsidized Child Care Copayments for Child-Care Workers and Direct Support Professionals

Pennsylvania House Bill 936 establishes that families where a parent or caretaker is a child-care employee or direct support professional are eligible for subsidized child care regardless of annual income, with copayments capped at fifteen percent of family income. The measure amends the Human Services Code to add definitions for child care, child-care centers, child-care employees, and family child-care homes. The act takes effect in 60 days.

Child-care workers and direct support professionals gain guaranteed eligibility for subsidized child care with a capped copayment of fifteen percent of their annual income, altering out-of-pocket child-care costs for workers employed in child-care centers and family child-care homes.